298 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notes 



379. SUTHORA POLIOTIS. 



The reference to Gould should be pt. iv. pi. 9, lower figure. 



380. SUTHORA FULVIFRONS. 



Gould, B. Asia, pt. iv. pi. 10. 



382. Grammatoptila striata. 



This species extends westward as far as Kumaon, Mussoorie, 

 and the Sutlej valley. I saw it up to 10,000 feet in Kumaon ; 

 and Stoliczka states that near Simla he only got it in the winter. 

 Extent of wing of one 17 \, wing 5|, tarsus If, foot 2\. Ac- 

 cording to Hodgson's drawings it builds a compact Jay-like 

 nest, and the eggs are spotless blue. 



385. Pyctorhis sinensis. 



Layard wrote to Blyth informing him that he bad a second 

 species allied to this, but much larger. 



386. Pyctorhis longirostris. 



Blyth states of this bird : — " An interesting species, allied to 

 Acanthoptila, but the feathers not spiny, and with a tendency to 

 Chatarrhoea." He suggests that it is the Megalurus verreauxi, 

 Tytler (not described) ; but that is my Graminicola bengalensis, 

 q. V. 



387. Trichostoma abbotti. 



Blyth states that this species differs but little from HorsfiekPs 

 Brachypteryx sepiaria, and that Trichostoma umbratile (Miiller) 

 also approaches it very closely. These two species, with T. 

 rostratum, form one group, whilst T. magnirostris, T. bicolor, 

 and T. cantori form another. 



388. Alcippe nipalensis. 



I omitted to notice a white ring round the eye in this bird. 

 One measured in the flesh was 5| inches in length, extent 7\, 

 wing 2|, tail 2\, tarsus |-, foot 1|. The nest is figured by 

 Hodgson deeply formed, the eggs reddish white spotted with 

 deep ferruginous. 



389. Alcippe poiocephala. 



A supposed new species {Alcippe hrucei) from the Mahablesh- 

 war hills, has been separated from this bird by Fairbank ; but 



